Face masks are an indispensable low-cost public healthcare necessity for containing viral
transmission. After the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a pandemic, there was an …

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, biomedical waste management has overwhelmed both
developed and developing nations. It is now a critical issue that has to be addressed with …

Using a science mapping approach, we analyzed the exponential increase in the number of
scientific documents about the negative environmental impacts produced by waste from …

Fiber hybridization is a new and effective way of altering the inherent low mechanical
properties and durability issues of recycled concrete by using a multi-fiber approach …

Recycling of construction and demolition waste provides one of the most effective paths for
sustainable development, valorising recycled concrete, and environment protection …

Since last few years the world is facing tremendous surge in the use of surgical masks due
to the COVID19 pandemic. The uncontrolled disposal of surgical masks in the environment …

Growing plastic pollution in the context of COVID-19 has caused significant challenges,
exacerbating this already out-of-control issue. The pandemic has considerably boosted the …

In the post-COVID-19 era, the effective upcycle of wasted disposable medical masks
(DMMs) is crucial to minimize negative environmental impacts. This study focuses on the …

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global consumption of single-use surgical
masks has risen immensely, and it is expected to grow in the coming years. Simultaneously …

In recent years, with the heightened of public health protection awareness, masks have
become an important protective equipment. The accumulation of discarded masks (DM) …